The metro will be opened to the public on Wednesday and it will cover a 30-km stretch in its first phase and is expected to carry 17 lakh passengers each day.

The Hyderabad Metro project has been divided into three corridors — all passing through areas with high population density. PM Modi inaugurated the first phase of the project, which covers 24 stations.

The trains will run from Miyapur in north Hyderabad to Ameerpet – a connecting station – on corridor one, and from there to Nagole in the eastern side of the city, which is part of Corridor 2.

Initially, the metro will run from 6 am to 10 pm. It would be rescheduled — 5.30 am to 11 pm — depending on traffic and demand, Telangana’s Technology Minister KT Rama Rao has said. The price of tickets will range between Rs 10 and Rs 60.

New Delhi: Firm in his mission to provide reservation for Muslims and other religious minorities, Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has extended several state benefits for them and vowed to move the Supreme Court in case the Centre does not second its decision to provide 12% quota for minorities in government jobs and educational institutions. Replying to a […]

New Delhi: Firm in his mission to provide reservation for Muslims and other religious minorities, Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has extended several state benefits for them and vowed to move the Supreme Court in case the Centre does not second its decision to provide 12% quota for minorities in government jobs and educational institutions.

Replying to a short discussion on `Minority Welfare’ in the Assembly on Thursday during which he ordered an inquiry into waqf land, the CM announced several measures for minorities, including 4% quota in all state welfare schemes, including housing and three acres to the landless, on a par with what was granted to Sche duled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST). Stating that Urdu has its origins in Hyderabad, the CM announced that it would be the second official language of the state and that all competitive examinations would henceforth be conducted in the language as well.

But KCR’s focus was on ensuring 12% reservation for Muslims and other religious minorities in government jobs and education. “I have appealed to P M Narendra Modi to incorporate 12% reservation for minorities in the IX Schedule of the Constitution to overcome legal hurdles (the Supreme Court has imposed a 50% ceiling on reservation) on the lines of Tamil Nadu, which has been providing 69% reservations,” the CM said. “I am optimistic that the Centre will consider our request. If it rejects it, we will not hesitate to move the SC and get notices issued to the Centre. If needed, an all-party delegation will be taken to New Delhi to meet the PM on the issue,” the CM added.

The TRS had included provision of 12% quota for minorities in its election manifesto in 2014. After coming to power, the Telangana Assembly passed a resolution enhancing the quota to 12% for minorities (from 4%) and 10% for STs in government jobs and education and sent the Bill to the Centre for ratification. The Union government has been sitting on it. If there is no response from the Centre to the latest missive, TRS MPs would raise the issue in Parliament, he said. “If quota issue is not settled soon, as is likely, TRS will make it a poll issue in 2019,” said a party source.

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister (CM) K Chandrasekhar Rao, his cabinet colleagues, other lawmakers and all leaders of Telangana Rashtriya Samithi (TRS) party will work as coolies to raise funds to attend party’s plenary and formation day public meeting scheduled to be held later this month. The gathering will held next Friday, the 21st, at multiple […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister (CM) K Chandrasekhar Rao, his cabinet colleagues, other lawmakers and all leaders of Telangana Rashtriya Samithi (TRS) party will work as coolies to raise funds to attend party’s plenary and formation day public meeting scheduled to be held later this month.

The gathering will held next Friday, the 21st, at multiple locations across the state, followed by a gigantic public meeting at Warangal, the heartland of Telangana.

KCR announced that he too will work as a coolie for two days. All ministers, MPs, legislators, leaders and activists of the ruling TRS will also work as labourers to earn the money to bear their respective cost for attending the meet.

The TRS chief declared that 14 April to 20 April will be ‘Gulabi (pink) coolie days’. He urged every party worker to work for at least two days for earning the money to meet transportation and other costs.

KCR said TRS had 51 lakh members when the government was formed in 2014 and the number has gone up to over 75 lakh. The party is expected to get Rs 25 crore as membership fee.